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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.

His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

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

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

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

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

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

He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.