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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His son, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

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

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

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

They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

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