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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

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

The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

He was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.

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

The judges found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.

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

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.