The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review 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 serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
