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

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His child, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle 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 nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.

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

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.