Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
He was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
