The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
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 encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
