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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a detention review on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

The former president was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.