The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of the former president's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
