Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup, underwent a “successful” surgery on Thursday for an inguinal hernia, his wife said.
The 70-year-old former president left prison on Wednesday for the first time since late November to undergo the procedure at the DF Star hospital in Brasilia.
“Successful surgery completed, without complications. Now we wait for him to wake up from anaesthesia,” his wife, Michelle, announced in an Instagram post.
Bolsonaro has grappled with health issues since being stabbed in the stomach during the 2018 presidential campaign, undergoing multiple surgeries related to his wounds. He was also recently diagnosed with skin cancer.
Doctors for the far-right former leader, who served from 2019 to 2022, anticipated that his hospitalisation would last between five and seven more days.