Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
