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

The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a military coup in September and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.