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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The justices found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.