The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of planning a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
