The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The police took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
