The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan 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 presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
