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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

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

They also asked that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.