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

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, the capital city.

The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

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

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.