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

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

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

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.