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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in September and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.

His child, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.