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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was convicted of planning a government overthrow in September and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

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

The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

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 house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

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

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

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

At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.