Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
