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

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in September and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

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

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.