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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

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

This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

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

His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on 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 nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.