The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge 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 tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that he be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
