Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in September and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This included attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
