Overview
- Doctors at DF Star hospital reported Bolsonaro’s bilateral inguinal hernia operation was successful; he has begun rehabilitation, is eating, and is being treated to prevent thrombosis.
- Michelle Bolsonaro said he is undergoing a phrenic nerve block to address months of recurrent hiccups, a procedure his medical team had been evaluating after the surgery.
- Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized hospital leave but denied house arrest, ordered 24/7 Federal Police guard, restricted visitors, and banned electronics in his room.
- From detention, Bolsonaro issued a handwritten letter naming Senator Flávio Bolsonaro as his precandidate for 2026, and Flávio publicly announced his run as the right weighs alternatives such as São Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas.
- In a separate enforcement action, Paraguay detained and expelled former highway police chief Silvinei Vasques to Brazil after he broke his ankle monitor and attempted to fly using a Paraguayan passport, following his coup-plot conviction.