Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The former head of state was convicted of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after "new facts" emerged.
This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, many his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.
