The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
