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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.

This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of his "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

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