The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the centre monitoring 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 demonstration called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting 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 imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
