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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term 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 preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His child, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.