Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, the judge said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
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 electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
