The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
