Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - 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 aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.
