The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
