The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.
The legal document highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his followers stormed and vandalised official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
