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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a document approving the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

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

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

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

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

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

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.