The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
