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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

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

This included attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia 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 Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.