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 sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The legal document underscores that the US 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 populist conservative American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.
