The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
