The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
