Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, many his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
