The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
