Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
