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Brazil judge orders ex-president Lula jailed by Friday afternoon
11:51 CAT | 05 Apr 2018
Brazilian federal Judge Sergio Moro on Thursday ordered that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turn himself in to police by late Friday afternoon to begin serving a 12-year sentence for a corruption conviction, according to a court document.
An appeals court in January upheld Lula’s conviction by Moro for taking bribes from an engineering firm in return for help landing contracts with state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA). The court increased his sentence to 12 years.
Source: Reuters
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