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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a military coup in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

His child, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan 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 overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

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

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.