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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

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

The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.