Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
