Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, the judge said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
