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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a military coup in last fall and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of the former president's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

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

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.