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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

The former president was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which included plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.