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

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist 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 have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.