Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
