The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice 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 ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
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 domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a scheme 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 had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.
