Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's decision was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia 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 Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
