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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His child, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I urge you to fight 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."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement 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 custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which included plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, the capital city.

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

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.