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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This included trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

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

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

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

The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

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

The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.