The former Brazilian president detained after being deemed a risk of fleeing

Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

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

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.

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

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.