Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited 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 running in the next presidential race.
