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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

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

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.