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

The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of his "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.