Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This included trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
