Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in jail, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.
The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
