Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? 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 nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
