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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented 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 seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brasília.

The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.

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

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

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.