The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
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 home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
