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

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.