Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
