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Brazil’s Top Court Denies Bolsonaro House Arrest, Approves Hospital Transfer for Surgery

Citing a concrete risk of escape to the United States, Moraes kept him in prison.

Overview

  • A Federal Police medical review found a phrenic nerve block and inguinal hernia repair justified, and the defense must schedule the procedures.
  • A new defense appeal seeking to annul the sentence was deemed inadmissible under STF rules after four of five justices voted to convict.
  • The ruling cited alleged ankle monitor tampering with a soldering iron that led to Bolsonaro’s preventive arrest on November 22.
  • Moraes pointed to international links that could facilitate flight, referencing an ex-aide allegedly living clandestinely in Miami, Bolsonaro’s prior stay at Hungary’s embassy, and a draft asylum request to Argentina.
  • Bolsonaro is serving a roughly 27-year sentence for leading a plot to overturn the 2022 election, as Congress advances a sentencing bill that could shorten his term but faces a promised veto from President Lula.