Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle 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 gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, 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 barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
