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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which included plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.