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 found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
