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Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.

This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

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

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

His offspring, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

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

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of the former president's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.