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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's decision was the potential of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.

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

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

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

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.