Detained since November, Bolsonaro left the private hospital in his car, escorted by several police motorcycles, and must return to prison, where he is serving a 27-year sentence.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro today left the hospital in Brasília where he had been admitted for more than a week, after undergoing surgery for an inguinal hernia, to return to prison, an AFP journalist found.
Detained since November, Bolsonaro left the private hospital in his car, escorted by several police motorcycles, and must return to prison, where he is serving a 27-year sentence.
The 70-year-old former Brazilian President is suffering from the after-effects of an attack suffered in 2018, when he was stabbed in the abdomen during a presidential campaign rally.
Since then, he has undergone several surgeries.
On September 11th, the former President was convicted by the Supreme Court of Brazil for “leading” a conspiracy to try to “perpetuate himself in power”, after losing the 2022 presidential elections to the current President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Since the end of November, Bolsonaro has been serving his prison sentence at the headquarters of the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasília.
His lawyers have requested several times that he be granted house arrest on a “humanitarian” basis due to his delicate state of health, but, so far, the Supreme Court has denied all appeals.
On Wednesday, and following this latest surgical intervention, the former Brazilian President’s lawyers once again requested house arrest for health reasons, but the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil once again rejected the request.
“Contrary to what the defense claims, Jair Messias Bolsonaro’s health condition did not worsen”, considered judge Alexandre de Moraes in his decision.
Doctors say that, in addition to the unusual bouts of hiccups, which led to this latest surgery, Bolsonaro suffers from severe sleep apnea, gastritis, esophagitis and other illnesses.
