Imprisonment of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
| Native name | Prisão de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
|---|---|
| English name | Imprisonment of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Date | April 7, 2018 – November 8, 2019 |
| Duration | 1 year, 7 months and 1 day (580 days) |
| Venue | Superintendência Regional da Polícia Federal |
| Location | Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 25°22′34″S 49°13′40″W / 25.37611°S 49.22778°W |
| Type | Imprisonment following conviction |
| Cause | Convictions in Operation Car Wash corruption cases |
| Outcome | Released on 8 November 2019 after Supreme Federal Court ruling against mandatory imprisonment before exhausted appeals; convictions annulled in 2021 due to jurisdictional bias |
| Arrests | 1 (Lula surrendered voluntarily on 7 April 2018) |
| Convicted | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Charges | Passive corruption and money laundering |
| Sentence |
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| Served at Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba; subject of international controversy and "Free Lula" movement | |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was arrested on April 7, 2018, after the former president surrendered to the Federal Police of Brazil (PF) at the ABC Metalworkers' Union in São Bernardo do Campo, in Greater São Paulo, and lasted until November 8, 2019, after the Supreme Federal Court (STF) overturned the arrest, with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva having been imprisoned for 1 year, 7 months, and 1 day (580 days).
On March 8, 2021, Justice Edson Fachin overturned Lula's convictions related to Operation Car Wash, ruling that the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region had tried the case outside its jurisdiction. More than a year later, on April 28, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee published the conclusion of an analysis in which it pointed out that Sergio Moro had been biased in the trial of the cases against Lula.