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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break 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, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 13km from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. The current president was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

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