The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 national vote.
