The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was convicted of planning a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.
This included attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
