Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position 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.
