Sentenced to serve a 12-year custodial after being considered upheld the corruption and money laundering charges, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave up defying order to surrender to federal police.
The Brazilian ex-president had holed up at the headquarters of the country’s metalworkers’ union building after the national’s Supreme Court ruled that he must start serving his sentence.
Lula, who governed Brazil for more than 8 years, had been considered a frontrunner for the October election. His defence said he was a victim of political persecution.