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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.

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

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.

The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, Brasília.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.