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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His son, Flávio, who works as a senator, 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 country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brasília.

The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

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 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.