The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
