Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.
