Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
