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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.

This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring 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 confusion caused by the protest called by his child.

His child, his son Flávio, 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 social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

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

They also asked that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.