The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned 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
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.
