The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
He was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
