Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a military coup in September and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of his "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
