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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in September and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.

His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which included plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

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

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

He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - 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 next presidential race.