Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in September and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
He was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The police took action and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
