Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
He was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
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