The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
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 history of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
