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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.

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

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

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? 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 restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

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

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.