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

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in September and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to request asylum 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 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

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

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brasília.

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

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.