The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle 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 land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
