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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

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

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.