The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
