Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.
