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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of planning a military coup in September and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.