Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
