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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.