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

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.