Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle 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 land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.
