Bolsonaro Faces 27 Years in Prison, Rushed to Hospital After Sentencing Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to prison last week for plotting a coup, has been rushed to hospital after falling ill while under house arrest, his son said. The emergency visit on Tuesday is the 70-year-old former army captain’s second trip to the hospital since his conviction. Bolsonaro has had recurring intestinal issues since he was stabbed while campaigning in 2018, including at least six related surgeries, the last being a 12-hour-long procedure in April. He won the election that year, and governed from 2019 to 2023. “Bolsonaro felt unwell a short while ago, with a severe bout of hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure,” his son, Flavio, wrote on X. “He was taken to DF Star [Hospital] accompanied by correctional police officers who guard his home in Brasília, as it was an emergency,” he wrote. Bolsonaro visited the same hospital on Sunday, and had eight skin lesions removed and sent for biopsies. A panel of Supreme Court justices on Thursday found the former leader guilty of plotting a coup after he lost the 2022 election to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. They sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison.
