Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
