The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a government overthrow in last fall and given more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
