Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.
