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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.

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

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering 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 the magistrate's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.

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

He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.