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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in September and given more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

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

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

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

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.