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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.

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

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

He was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. Lula was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.

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

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

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.