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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The former head of state was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

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

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.