Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
