The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
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 digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.
