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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

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

They also petitioned that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.