The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
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 requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
