đź”— Share this article Bolsonaro taken into custody after being deemed a escape threat The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest. The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges. High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light. This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee". Court Filing Details Escape Concerns In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape. This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son. His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend. His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us." He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land." Diplomatic Refuge Fears Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said. The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence. Worldwide Consequences Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil. He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the following day. Recent Legal Requests It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices. They also requested that he be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems. Background on Conviction The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula. Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case. The plot was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023. But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, BrasĂlia. The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained. The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority. At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe". He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term. The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.