Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This included attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
