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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.