The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a military coup in last fall and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
