Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
