Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in September and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
