Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers request his removal from jail to hospital for 'surgical procedures'

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro requested on Tuesday his removal from jail to a hospital for "surgical procedures", according to a document seen by Reuters.

The lawyers also reaffirmed their request for the right-wing leader to serve his 27-year prison sentence under "humanitarian house arrest."

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 Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Fernando Cardoso, Editing by Iñigo Alexander and Himani Sarkar)