Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a military coup in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a detention review on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
