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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was convicted of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

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

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

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

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also requested that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.