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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

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

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.