Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the chance of the former president's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power 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 plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team 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 end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
