Overview
- Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized a temporary hospital transfer with strict terms, including a discreet convoy, 24/7 policing, no electronics in the room, and only Michelle Bolsonaro as companion.
- The bilateral inguinal hernia operation was performed on December 25 at DF Star in Brasília, and Michelle Bolsonaro said it concluded successfully without complications.
- Doctors plan to assess during recovery whether to perform a phrenic-nerve block to address the former president’s recurrent hiccups.
- Bolsonaro remains a detainee under constant Federal Police guard in the hospital, with any visits beyond his wife requiring prior judicial approval.
- He continues serving a roughly 27-year sentence for attempting to subvert democratic order; recent bids for house arrest were denied, and son Flávio read a handwritten letter from Jair endorsing him as a 2026 precandidate.