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

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 13km from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.