Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
