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

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in last fall and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.