Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, many his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
