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

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: 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 vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

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

He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

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

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.