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Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

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

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brasília.

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

The justices found that the protesters 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 moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.