Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
