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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.