Overview
- Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from Brasilia’s DF Star hospital after surgery for an inguinal hernia and treatment for recurrent hiccups.
- He was escorted by a large Federal Police convoy back to the Superintendence of the Federal Police, where he remains in a restricted cell.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes denied a humanitarian request for home confinement, finding no sudden deterioration in Bolsonaro’s health.
- The ruling referenced prior noncompliance with monitoring measures, including destruction of an electronic ankle bracelet.
- Bolsonaro continues serving a 27‑year sentence for leading an effort to subvert the 2022 election, with medical care available in his isolated cell.