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

The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that he be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.