🔗 Share this article Bolsonaro arrested after being considered a risk of fleeing Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest. The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals. Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed. This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee". Judicial Records Show Flight Fears In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway". This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child. His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night. Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us." He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land." Foreign Shelter Risks Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said. The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home. Worldwide Consequences The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil. He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday. Latest Court Petitions It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring. They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems. Context of Sentencing He was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case. The plot was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without problem on the first day of 2023. But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, Brasília. The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested. The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office. At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive. He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment. The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.