Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.
