The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a military coup in September and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
