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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brasília.

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.