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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the judge said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

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

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.