The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
