Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
