The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
