Dec 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian lawmakers approved a law to cut Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro’s jail term, AFP reported on Wednesday in an X post.
Defense lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday requested his removal from jail to a hospital for “surgical procedures”, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Last month, Bolsonaro began serving his sentence for unsuccessfully plotting a coup against his successor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after losing the 2022 election. He is being held at a Federal Police Superintendency in Brasilia.
(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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