The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
He was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
