Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a military coup in September and given more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
