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

The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.

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

His child, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

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

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