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Brazil’s Supreme Court orders arrest of remaining coup plot convicts

27 апреля 2026 в 17:56

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Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday (Apr. 24) ordered the final enforcement of the sentences of those convicted in the coup plot occurred during the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The arrests were carried out after the justice ordered the enforcement of the sentences for the five defendants in Nucleus 2, the last group pending. The defendants in Nuclei 1, 3, and 4 had already had their arrests ordered.

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The decision was handed down after Moraes recognized the finality of the convictions, meaning that no further appeals could be filed.

With this decision, the convicted individuals will begin serving their sentences. They are:

  • Mário Fernandes, retired Army general: 26 years and six months in prison;
  • Silvinei Vasques, former director of the Federal Highway Police: 24 years and six months in prison;
  • Marcelo Câmara, Army colonel and former advisor to Bolsonaro: 21 years in prison;
  • Filipe Martins, former advisor on international affairs to former President Jair Bolsonaro: 21 years in prison;
  • Marília de Alencar, former director of intelligence at the Ministry of Justice: 8 years and six months in prison; she had been awaiting trial while free.

With the sentences being carried out, a warrant was issued for Alencar’s arrest, but she will serve 90 days under house arrest while recovering from surgery. She is required to wear an electronic ankle monitor.

The sentences were handed down in December last year, when the Court’s First Panel convicted the defendants.

Charges

Filipe Martins was accused by the Attorney General’s Office of being one of those responsible for drafting the coup plan produced toward the end of the Bolsonaro administration.

Mário Fernandes was accused of devising a plan to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Moraes. The plan was outlined in a Word document titled “Green and Yellow Dagger.”

According to the Attorney General’s Office, Marcelo Câmara also illegally monitored the daily routine of Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

According to messages seized from the cell phone of Mauro Cid, a whistleblower and former aide to Bolsonaro, Câmara informed him that Moraes would be in São Paulo and referred to the justice as “professor.” The messages date from December 2022.

Silvinei Vasques, former director of the Federal Highway Police, acted to block the movement of voters supporting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the second round of the 2022 elections.

Marília de Alencar was responsible for collecting data that formed the basis for the roadblocks.

Defenses

In December last year, the defendants’ defense teams denied the charges and argued for acquittal.

Overview

The Supreme Court has already convicted 29 defendants for their participation in the coup plot. Currently, 20 are serving sentences in closed detention.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, former Minister of Institutional Security Augusto Heleno, and former Director of Intelligence at the Ministry of Justice Marília de Alencar are under house arrest.

Army officers Márcio Nunes de Resende Júnior and Ronald Ferreira de Araújo Júnior signed plea agreements with the Attorney General’s Office and were not arrested. They received sentences of three years and five months and one year and 11 months, respectively.

Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro’s former aide, signed a plea agreement and is already free.

Three arrest warrants have not yet been executed. Former congressman Alexandre Ramagem, Voto Legal Institute president Carlos Cesar Moretzsohn Rocha, and Army colonel Reginaldo Vieira de Abreu are fugitives living abroad.

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