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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.

This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

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

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It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.