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

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which included plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

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

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