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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the judge said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

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

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, the capital city.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.