The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office 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 designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
