The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
