Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president'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 demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
