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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

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

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.

The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

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

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

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill 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 military leaders. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

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.