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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.