The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of his move to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the federal district, the capital city.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
