The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a military coup in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.
