Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
