Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under home detention pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The scheme was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The police took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.
