Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in September and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President Donald Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to murder the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
