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

The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.