Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.
This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that he be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
