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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.