Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to kill Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.
