Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
The former president was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 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 stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
