The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
