Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
