Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
