The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody 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 September and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.
This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
