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Medical status and house arrest of Hugo Javier González

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Hugo Javier González Alegre, the former governor of Central, continues to receive treatment at the Hospital Nacional de Itauguá following a medical emergency at the Esperanza Industrial Penitentiary. Initially placed in an induced coma due to severe skull trauma, cerebral bleeding, and meningitis, González has shown signs of neurological improvement. While he has a grade 3 axonal injury with a “severe prognosis,” medical staff report that he is breathing independently via a tracheostomy cannula and moving all four limbs. As of late September 2026, hospital director Dr. José Espínola Orrego noted that while González is awake and has begun to conjugate sentences, he has entered a “plateau state” regarding neurological and cognitive recovery. He continues to suffer from amnesia, delirium, disorientation, and auditory and visual hallucinations, which doctors attribute to the traumatic brain injury, meningitis, and prolonged sedation. By early October 2026, hospital director Miguel Ferreira announced that González has been medically cleared for discharge, though specialists recommended a three-to-six-month recovery period in a family environment to address motor coordination and gait stability. On October 13, 2026, Judge Carlos Mendoza Peña granted González 90 days of house arrest on humanitarian grounds following his discharge from the hospital. The ~~judge noted that although González does not meet the strict age requirements~~ former official, who was sentenced to 10 years for ~~house arrest under standard penal codes,~~ the ~~state must guarantee~~ misappropriation of pandemic-related funds, will serve his ~~health~~ confinement at a residence in Emboscada, Cordillera. The judicial order mandates the use of an electronic monitoring anklet and ~~life.~~ periodic police patrols. The decision cited González’s inability to ~~stand or care for himself, as well as~~ perform basic daily activities and the risks of hospital-acquired ~~infections and~~ infections, noting that the ~~inadequate~~ medical infrastructure at the La Esperanza penitentiary was inadequate to manage his ~~severe~~ condition.

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