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| Lula: Former Brazilian president surrenders to police | Lula: Former Brazilian president surrenders to police |
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| Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has surrendered to police to begin serving a 12-year sentence for corruption. | Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has surrendered to police to begin serving a 12-year sentence for corruption. |
| It follows a two-day stand-off that saw him take refuge in a steelworkers' union building after missing a court deadline to hand himself in. | It follows a two-day stand-off that saw him take refuge in a steelworkers' union building after missing a court deadline to hand himself in. |
| The 72-year-old walked out of the building near Sao Paolo and was taken away by police cars. | The 72-year-old walked out of the building near Sao Paolo and was taken away by police cars. |
| Scores of supporters had earlier blocked his car from leaving the scene. | Scores of supporters had earlier blocked his car from leaving the scene. |
| Footage on Brazil's GloboNews showed Lula and his bodyguards pushing through the dense crowd outside the union office, in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo. | |
| He will now be taken by police to a cell in the southern city of Curitiba. | |
| Lula was the frontrunner for October's presidential election but his jailing leaves the race wide open. | |
| The former metalworker and trade union activist is an iconic figure for the left in Latin America. He was the first left-wing leader to make it to the Brazilian presidency in nearly half a century. |