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

The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring 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 made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.

His child, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

He was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, many his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.