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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The former head of state was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.

This included attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

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

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.