Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
