The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brasília.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.
