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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to 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 information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His son, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters 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 country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of the former president's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.