Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in last fall and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of his transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
