The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
