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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

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

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.