The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, his attorneys 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 ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
