Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a military coup in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on social media 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 call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
He was convicted of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
