US EditionA Brazilian judge allows ex-President Bolsonaro to leave prison for a hernia surgery
Justice Alexandre de Moraes approved Bolsonaro's temporary hospital leave for hernia surgery but denied house arrest, requiring continued 24-hour supervision during treatment, court documents show.
- On Dec 19, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorised former President Jair Bolsonaro to leave custody for hernia surgery at DF Star hospital, Brasilia.
- Federal Police doctors and medical experts concluded the bilateral inguinal hernia causes pain, disrupts sleep and eating, and urged surgery as soon as possible.
- The order requires Bolsonaro to remain under supervision with two police officers 24 hours, restricting devices and visitors to Michelle Bolsonaro, wife, but not his sons.
- His imprisonment follows Bolsonaro's coup conviction, while Brazilian Parliament last week passed a law that could shorten his sentence, prompting markets and succession talk around Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
- AFP reports say Bolsonaro's lawyers sought authorization on December 9, and AFP journalists saw a convoy enter the DF Star hospital ahead of Thursday surgery, with a seven-day hospital stay likely.
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to a hospital in Brasilia, where he will undergo surgery for a hernia today, on the recommendation of doctors.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was released from prison for the first time on Wednesday for surgery, where he has been held since late November for plotting a coup, AFP reported, citing sources at a private clinic in the Brazilian capital, where Bolsonaro will undergo surgery on Thursday.
Incarcerated Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a hospital in Brasília on Wednesday, where he intends to undergo an operation at the bar. As AFP reporters reported, a vehicle convoy had gone to the DF Star private clinic in the capital, which probably brought the detained ex-state chief of state there.How long Bolsonaro must remain in the hospital was initially unclear.The operation is scheduled for Thursday.Temporary releaseJudg…
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