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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

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

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

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

He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

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