Bolsonaro has been detained 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 a 27-year term in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the detention, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the possibility of the former president's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.
The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plan which included plans to murder his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
