Brazilian Supreme Court justice Gilmar Mendes ordered the release from jail of former mining and oil magnate Eike Batista, once the country’s richest man, ahead of his trial on corruption charges, the court said on Friday.
Batista has been jailed since Jan. 30 when he voluntarily returned to Rio from New York after four days as a fugitive. He is expected to stand trial along with an ex-Rio de Janeiro governor who allegedly took millions in bribes from the former billionaire.
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