The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of his transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
