The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a military coup in last fall and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of his move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
