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

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

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

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain 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 the eighth of January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.