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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a military coup in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

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 couch? I call on you to struggle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

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 home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.