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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were detained.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.