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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a government overthrow in last fall and given more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

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

His son wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, 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 well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.