Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which included plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - 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 aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
