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

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.