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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.