Brazil's Bolsonaro to leave prison

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to leave the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasilia, where he is serving a 27-year prison sentence, for a surgical procedure to treat a hernia.



Moraes' decision follows a request from Bolsonaro's defense lawyers last week, when they also asked the justice for the right-wing leader to serve out his sentence under "humanitarian house arrest."



He denied the request for house arrest and did not stipulate a date for the procedure, which should be selected by lawyers.



Bolsonaro was convicted in September for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election.



The judge ⁠had previously signed off on Federal Police physicians conducting a medical examination of Bolsonaro, which happened on Wednesday, to conclude if any procedures were necessary given his health condition.