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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

The former president was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.