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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This included attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.

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

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.