The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, the judge said information from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
