The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone 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 land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
