🔗 Share this article The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being deemed a flight risk Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention. The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged. This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight. Judicial Records Show Flight Fears In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight. This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring. His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening. His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us." He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land." Diplomatic Refuge Fears Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said. The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence. Global Responses Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports. Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day. Recent Judicial Appeals It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices. They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses. Background on Conviction The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula. Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice 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. His successor was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023. But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital. The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained. The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office. At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive. He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term. The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.