The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.
