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

The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, leading him to impose 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 custody hearing on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.