Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a call for a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."
He said the vigil 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 magistrate's decision was the potential of his transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a detention review on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Context of Sentencing
The former president was convicted of leading a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him competing in the next presidential race.
