The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
