The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which included plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
