Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in the capital and will have a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support 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 the eighth of January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
