The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
