The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
