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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

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

They also asked that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned 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 legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.