The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This included attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
