The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
