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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.