Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence 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 getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of the former president's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
