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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.

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

His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's decision was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a detention review on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

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

High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

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