The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in last fall and sentenced 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 elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax 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 ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.
