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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.

His child, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.

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

He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

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