The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being considered a escape threat
Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, BrasĂlia.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
