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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing 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 getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.