Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.
This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
