The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.
