Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
