The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.
