Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces 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 banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.
