The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.
The judges found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
