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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His son, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

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

The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.