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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.

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

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His son, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.