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

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

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

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.