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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a military coup in last fall and given more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.