The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of planning a military coup in September and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have 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 allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
