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

The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.

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

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of the former president's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

He was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.