Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The ex-president was convicted of planning a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
