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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. The current president was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.