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

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a military coup in September and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.

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

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.