The former Brazilian leader has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a call for a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of his "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.
