Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was sworn in without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
