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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This included attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

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

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.

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

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.