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The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in September and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.

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

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.

His child, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

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

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

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

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 home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.