Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This included trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
