Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
He was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
