Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro 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 sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
