The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes 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 secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience 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 authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
