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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the judge said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.

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

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

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, the capital city.

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

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

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

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.