The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in last fall and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, the judge said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's decision was the chance of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around 13km from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.
