Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
