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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

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

The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of his transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.

The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.