The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in last fall and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
