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

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

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

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

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

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

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