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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His child, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

He was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.