The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
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 trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.
