Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to step in, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
