The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, Brasília.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
