Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office 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 online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 13km from his dwelling.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.
