Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
