The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.
The judges 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 return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
