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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.

This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.

His son, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the potential of his "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.