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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a document approving the detention, the judge said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which included plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.