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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 former head of state was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This included attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to assassinate his opponent 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 managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, the capital city.

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

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.