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

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering 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: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's decision was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.