Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting 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 undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
