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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.

The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.