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

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a military coup in September and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.