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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.

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

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

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

They also asked that he be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.