🔗 Share this article Bolsonaro arrested after being deemed a flight risk Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement. The one-time leader was convicted of planning a military coup in September and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged. This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight. Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway". This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring. His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night. The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us." He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation." Foreign Shelter Risks Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said. The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home. International Reactions The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil. The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day. Recent Legal Requests It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance. They also requested that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems. Details of Guilty Verdict The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial. The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023. But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, the capital city. The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were detained. The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority. At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe". He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment. The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.