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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

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

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which included plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.