The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
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 house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
