Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder his opponent 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 conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
