The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
