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

The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone 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 well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.

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

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.