The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
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 targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
