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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

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

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

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

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.

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

He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.