Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges 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 his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
