Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
