The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of his transfer to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that he be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate his opponent 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 plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
