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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

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

Background on Conviction

The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.