The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
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 imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
