The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention 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 chance of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
