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

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.

The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

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

High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

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

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.