đź”— Share this article Jair Bolsonaro detained after being considered a flight risk The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement. The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews. Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged. This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight. Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns In a document approving the detention, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight. This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son. His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening. The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us." He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation." Embassy Asylum Concerns Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said. The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling. International Reactions Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods. Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a detention review on the following day. Recent Legal Requests It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices. They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems. Context of Sentencing The former president was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula. Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which included plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial. The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023. But a following week, on January 8th, many his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, BrasĂlia. The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested. The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office. At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh. He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence. The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.