The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.
This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
