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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.