Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the next presidential race.
