Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of the former president's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, 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 over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
