Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a detention review on the next day.
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy 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 January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, BrasĂlia.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
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