The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
