Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
