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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.

This included trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brasília.

The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.