Overview
- The former president was escorted from Federal Police custody to the DF Star hospital in Brasília on December 24 in a discreet convoy, his first trip outside detention since late November.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes mandated round-the-clock security with at least two Federal Police agents posted at the hospital room door and barred phones, computers, and other electronic devices.
- Only Michelle Bolsonaro is authorized to accompany him during the hospitalization, and any other visits require prior judicial approval after a request to include his sons was denied.
- A Federal Police medical assessment found bilateral inguinal hernias; surgery is scheduled for December 25, with hospital sources reporting an expected 3–4 hour procedure and a 5–7 day stay, and doctors evaluating a possible phrenic nerve block for persistent hiccups.
- The temporary medical leave does not alter his 27-year sentence for attempts to subvert the democratic order, with recent bids for home confinement rejected and a bill to shorten his time in prison facing a promised veto from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.