Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after "new facts" came to light.
This included seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could "allow for a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a document approving the detention, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.
The senator wrote on social media on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
The former president is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
