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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

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

The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.