The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
