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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

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.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

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

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

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

At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.