Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
He was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing 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 sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
