The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This included seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.
