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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

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

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from his dwelling.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also asked that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.