Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The police took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
