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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.