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

The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.

This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office 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 digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

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

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

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