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

The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of his "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

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