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

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brasília.

The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.