Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, the capital city.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
