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

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.