🔗 Share this article The former Brazilian president arrested after being deemed a escape threat The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention. The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending appeals. Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed. This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape. Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway". This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child. His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend. His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us." He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation." Diplomatic Refuge Fears Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said. The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from his dwelling. Worldwide Consequences His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil. He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on Sunday. Latest Court Petitions It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring. They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments. Background on Conviction He was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula. Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial. The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023. But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, BrasÃlia. The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained. The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office. At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive. He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment. The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.