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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.

This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

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

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

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

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.