The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
