Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
