The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital 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 High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
