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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.

This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate 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 guarantee victory in his escape.

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

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

His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.