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

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and given more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

He was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

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

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

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

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.