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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.