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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.

His child, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

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

The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.

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

He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.