Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
