Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
