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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a military coup in September and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

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

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.