The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
