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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.

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

His son, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.