Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which included plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
