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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

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

The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.

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

He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.