The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, 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 banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
