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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a military coup in September and given more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

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

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.