Overview
- Bolsonaro, who has been hospitalized since March 13 with bacterial pneumonia, won a temporary home-confinement order Tuesday that will start only after he is discharged.
- The order requires an electronic ankle monitor and bans the use of phones, social media, and any audio or video recordings, with visits limited to family, lawyers, and medical staff.
- Doctors attribute his lung infection to bronchoaspiration linked to lasting damage from a 2018 stabbing, and he remains on intravenous antibiotics plus respiratory and motor therapy with no discharge date set.
- Prosecutors backed the move as medically necessary, and Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the court will reassess the arrangement after 90 days, including a medical exam if needed.
- The measure does not change his conviction for leading a post-election coup attempt that carries about 27 years in prison, and it lands as his son Flávio campaigns for October’s presidential vote in a race polling close to President Lula.