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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.

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

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

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

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 goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

The former president was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

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

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.