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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.

His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all 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 well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

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

The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.