The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
