Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
