Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brasília.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
