🔗 Share this article

Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.