The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
