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Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.