The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on 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 land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
