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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

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

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brasília.

The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.