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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

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

The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.