The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. Lula was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
