The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, 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 the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
