Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
