Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.
