Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital 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 Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
