The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being deemed a escape threat
Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in September and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flรกvio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a detention review on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
