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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.

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

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.