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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.