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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.

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

His son, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

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

The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.