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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

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

The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

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

He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

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