Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
