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

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a military coup in last fall and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

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

But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, the capital city.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.