Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.
