Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will have a detention review on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
