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

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.

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

He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.