Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a military coup in September and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
