The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
