Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.
