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

The ex-president was sentenced of planning a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.

International Reactions

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, the capital city.

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.