Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
