Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.
The legal document underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his backers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
