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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The ex-president was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

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

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

He was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, the capital city.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.