Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
