The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
