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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.

This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention 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 disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.

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

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.