Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a call for a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
