Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters 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 decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
