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

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.

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

His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? 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 country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.