The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
