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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a detention review on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months 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 ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.