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

The former head of state was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.

This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

The police took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.