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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in September and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

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

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.

His child, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

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

The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.