The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
