Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was convicted of planning a military coup in last fall and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
His son 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 urge you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
