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

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a military coup in September and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch 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 seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.