Lula sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison in another sentence handed down by Lava Jato

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 years and 11 months in jail for the reforms that the builders of the OAS and Odebrecht brought to a property rural attributed to the leftist leader of Atibaia (Sao Paulo) in payment of his political favors. .

Judge Gabriela Hardt's decision not being final, the defense of the former trade unionist could appeal, as he has done on other occasions, according to the Brazilian newspaper Folha .

Prisoner

Lula is in Curitiba Prison since last April for a new prison term to 12 years imprisonment for accepting a luxury triplex to San Pablo de OAS also in payment for her political favors.

Both cases fall under the macro-economic cause "Lava Jato", who examines a network collecting bribes in exchange for the award of public contracts that has sprinkled many politicians and businessmen.

Lula, president between 2003 and 2010, has already served his sentence since April for another case of corruption.

In the new case, Judge Hardt estimated that Lula had benefited from work for nearly one million reals (about $ 271,000) that three companies – Odebrecht, OAS and Schain – had made in a country house in Atibaia.

The house bears the name of businessman Fernando Bittar, an old friend of Lula 's family, who temporarily gave him to the former president in 2010 for that purpose. he can enjoy it with his family.

However, according to the law, even though he is not the owner of the country house, Lula illegally benefited from reforms undertaken in the same direction by companies favored by his government with contracts with the state oil company Petrobras .

More convictions

In addition to Lula, Judge Hardt condemned some businessmen, including former OAS President, José Adelmario Pinheiro Neto (one year and seven months in prison); Emilio Odebrecht, patriarch of the Odebrecht group (3 years and 3 months in prison) and his son Marcelo Odebrecht (5 years and 4 months of detention).

This is the second sentence in less than two years against Lula, 73 years old and detained since April 7th.

The magistrate of the time, Sergio Moro (now Minister of Justice and Public Security), had firstly ordered the operation of revealing corruption in Petrobras, although he was not the only one in the country. he left at the end of January to badume the ministry of President Jair Bolsonaro in January.

The judge was later replaced by Hardt, who questioned Lula last November on the case for which he was sentenced on Wednesday.