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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: 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 struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

The former president was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

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