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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in September and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.

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

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

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.