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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.

This included attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

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 sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

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

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

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

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

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.