Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is located around 13km from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
