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

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

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

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also requested that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brasília.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.

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

He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.