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

The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

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

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

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

He is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

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

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.