The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of the former president's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
