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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

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

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was convicted of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost 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 involved plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The plot was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.