The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in September 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 action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
