Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.
This involved trying to remove his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The legal document highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
