Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
