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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

The former president was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.

The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.