The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a document approving the custody, the judge said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
