Política

Tribunal reduce pena de expresidente Lula por corrupción a 8 años y 10 meses de cárcel

Fallo de corte de apelaciones le permitirá gozar del beneficio de régimen semiabierto, posiblemente a partir de octubre

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 07, 2018, Brazilian ex-president (2003-2011) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures after attending a Catholic Mass in memory of his late wife Marisa Leticia, at the metalworkers' union building in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in metropolitan Sao Paulo, Brazil. - A Brazilian appeal court on Tuesday voted to reduce former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva�s 12-year sentence for bribery and money laundering. Three out of four judges on the Superior Court of Justice panel hearing Lula's appeal agreed to maintain his conviction, but to reduce the sentence to eight years and 10 months. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 07, 2018, Brazilian ex-president (2003-2011) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures after attending a Catholic Mass in memory of his late wife Marisa Leticia, at the metalworkers' union building in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in metropolitan Sao Paulo, Brazil. - A Brazilian appeal court on Tuesday voted to reduce former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva�s 12-year sentence for bribery and money laundering. Three out of four judges on the Superior Court of Justice panel hearing Lula's appeal agreed to maintain his conviction, but to reduce the sentence to eight years and 10 months. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) NELSON ALMEIDA
El expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asistió a una misa en memoria de su difunta esposa, Marisa Leticia, en el área metropolitana de Sao Paulo, el 7 de abril de 2018. AFP (NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP)

Brasilia. Un tribunal de apelaciones de Brasil redujo este martes la condena del expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva por corrupción de 12 años y un mes a 8 años y 10 meses de cárcel, un fallo que posibilitará al líder de la izquierda beneficiarse de un régimen semiabierto de prisión.

El fallo fue adoptado de forma unánime por los cuatro magistrados de la quinta corte del Superior Tribunal de Justicia (STJ), un órgano colegiado de tercera instancia.

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