Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
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 digital surveillance.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
