Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The ex-president was convicted of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in prison, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
