The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
