The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being declared a escape threat

Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The ex-president was convicted of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

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

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of his "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

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