Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.
