Former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday temporarily left a prison in Brazil's capital, where he's serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt, for medical examinations in a local hospital after he fell from his bed.
Police escorted the 70-year-old Bolsonaro from the federal police's headquarters in Brasilia to the nearby DF Star hospital where he arrived at around midday for three brain tests. It wasn't immediately clear how long the exams would take and when he would return to the prison.
Bolsonaro fell in his cell overnight from Monday to Tuesday while sleeping. His wife, Michelle, and his son Carlos said on social media Tuesday that the far-right politician needed medical attention and expressed frustration that Bolsonaro wasn’t sent to the hospital the day after his fall.
