Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys 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 exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
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 designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
