The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brasília.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
