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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His child, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The justices found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.