The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.
This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
