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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.