The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
