Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
