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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting 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 Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also asked that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.

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

The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.