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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.

This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, 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 supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

The police took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.