Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of his transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
