The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
