The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, 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 last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
