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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.

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

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? 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 return of democracy in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

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

The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, the capital city.

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

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.