The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, 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 later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
