The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of his "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
