The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could "allow for a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
