The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. Lula was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.
