Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
