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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.

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

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

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

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

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

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to murder the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.

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

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.