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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

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

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.