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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.

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

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

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

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, the capital city.

The security forces 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 intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

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

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.