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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.

This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

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

They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.