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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in September and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

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

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

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

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.