The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a military coup in last fall and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in 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 national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
