Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
