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Bolsonaro Leaves Hospital for 90-Day House Arrest on Health Grounds

A Supreme Court order cites health needs to allow temporary home confinement.

Overview

  • Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a Brasília hospital and moved to his home to begin a court-approved humanitarian house arrest lasting 90 days.
  • Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized the home confinement on medical grounds with a review set after the three-month period.
  • Bolsonaro has been serving a 27-year prison sentence since November for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.
  • He was treated in intensive care for acute pneumonia earlier this month in Brasília and received antibiotics.
  • His doctor, Brasil Caiado, said recovery is on track without complications and scheduled a shoulder surgery for late April.