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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

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

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also asked that he be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control 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 plot which included plans to murder Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.