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

The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

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

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

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

At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

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