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

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.

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

His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a detention review on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

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

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

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