Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
