The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
He was found guilty of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which involved 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 managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
