The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters 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 nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle 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."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers 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 end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
