Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a military coup in September and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could facilitate a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of the former president's move to foreign missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The judges found that the protesters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
