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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a military coup in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works 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 the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.