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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, the capital city.

The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.