The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.
