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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president'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 protest called by his child.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

He was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.