The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
