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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His child, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

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

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.