The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of planning a military coup in September and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to kill the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
