The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of planning a government overthrow in September and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, the judge said information from the centre monitoring 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 disorder caused by the gathering called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of his move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, 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 backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
