The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
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 sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
