🔗 Share this article Bolsonaro arrested after being declared a flight risk The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest. The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges. Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light. This included trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight. Court Filing Details Escape Concerns In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight. This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring. His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening. The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us." He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country." Embassy Asylum Concerns Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said. The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling. Global Responses Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports. He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day. Latest Court Petitions It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices. They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems. Details of Guilty Verdict He was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings. The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023. But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, the capital city. The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody. The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power. At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive. He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term. The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.