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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in last fall and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.

His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.

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

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

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also barred 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 trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.