The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being deemed a risk of fleeing
Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a military coup in September and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, his son FlĂ¡vio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, BrasĂlia.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
