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

The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a military coup in last fall and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

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

He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, the capital city.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.