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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.