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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement 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 disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that he be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.