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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.

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

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the judge said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.

His child, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

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

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, many his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.