Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This included trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the military leaders. His successor was inaugurated without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces 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 prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
