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

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

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

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

His son wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.