Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
