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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.