Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in September and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
