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The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

He was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, the capital city.

The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.