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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

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

His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

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

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.