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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.

His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

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

He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.