Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
