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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.

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

This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

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

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.

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

The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.