Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.
