The former Brazilian president detained after being declared a escape threat

Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.

The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.