The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a detention review on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.
