Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting 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: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
He was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
