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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.