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Bolsonaro Leaves Hospital to Begin 90-Day Humanitarian House Arrest

The Supreme Court cites pneumonia-related risk to justify a temporary transfer subject to medical checks.

Overview

  • Bolsonaro, who was discharged Friday after two weeks at DF Star hospital in Brasília, returned home to start the court-ordered confinement.
  • Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court approved a humanitarian house arrest for 90 days with electronic ankle monitoring and judicial oversight.
  • Doctors diagnosed bacterial bronchopneumonia caused by aspiration on March 13, and he spent ten days in intensive care before moving to a ward and stabilizing.
  • He had been jailed after a Supreme Court conviction for leading an attempted coup and was moved to the hospital from Papuda prison following high fever, low oxygen levels, and chills.
  • At the end of the 90 days, an official medical exam will determine whether he returns to prison or continues under the humanitarian measure.