Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
