The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two 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 participating in the 2026 national vote.
