Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of his "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. His successor was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.
