Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which included plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
