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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.

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

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.