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

The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - 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 aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.