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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and given more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

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

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.