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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

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