Bolsonaro taken into custody after being declared a flight risk
Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - 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 designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.