Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.
