The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
