Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
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 trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
