The grandson of "Lula" Da Silva died and was allowed to leave.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva He left the prison where he is imprisoned for corruption since last April, attend the funeral of his grandson Arthur, 7 years old, died Friday, a victim of meningitis.

Lula, 73, boarded a helicopter at police headquarters Federal of the city of Curitiba, in southern Brazil, to transfer to Bacacheri airport, where he will travel on a Paraná government plane that will transfer him to San Paulo, informed the agency EFE.

In the middle of an intense security operation, the former Brazilian president was closely escorted by three federal police officers, after being allowed to attend the funeral by Brazilian justice.

Arthur Araújo Lula da Silva, who was hospitalized Thursday with a feverish photo According to a medical report from the hospital Bartira de Santo André, in Greater San Pablo, he died five hours later, at 7:20 in the morning, from meningococcal meningitis.

Judge Carolina Lebbos, of the Criminal Chamber of Curitiba, accepted the defense's request the former president to release him provisionally on the basis of the law on the enforcement of sentences, which allows convicts to leave prison to follow in the footsteps of their relatives.

The cremation of Lula's grandson is scheduled for noon this Saturday at the hill garden cemetery, in Sao Bernardo do Campo.
Marisa Leticia Rocco, wife of the former head of state who died in February 2017, was buried in the same cemetery.

The death of Lula's grandson happened a month after the death of the elder brother of the former president, victim of a type of cancer that has affected his blood vessels.

Lula wanted to go to her brother's funeral but justice allowed him to attend a family reunion only when the body of Genival Inácio da Silva, known as Vavá, has already been buried. The former president therefore rejected the permit and decided to stay in his cell.

The request to attend the funeral was denied to the former president after the federal police will discuss logistical issues for his transfer and to guarantee security in the middle of the burial.

Lula was imprisoned in April of last year after being sentenced by a court of second instance (more than four) to 12 years in prison, for pbadive bribery and money laundering in a case related to scandal by the detours of the state oil company Petobras.

In February, Lula was sentenced for the second time for corruption, 12 years and 11 months in prison, accused of having benefited from the millionaire reforms that three builders did in a country house that had been given to his family to rest.

The former president accumulates a total of eight court cases, including the two for which he was sentenced, all related to various corruption issues.