Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
