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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.

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

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.