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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 government overthrow in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

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

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.