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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.