Brazil’s Supreme Court has recorded a total of 1,402 convictions for the coup-related acts of January 8, 2023. The sentences are distributed as follows:

• 431 prison sentences;
• 419 alternative sentences;
• 552 plea agreements.

The report on the status of the cases was released on Wednesday (Apr. 29) by the office of Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the case rapporteur.

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According to the report, the largest group of those convicted received one-year prison sentences. This amounts to 404 individuals, or 28.82 percent of the total convictions. Next, 213 individuals received 14-year prison sentences, representing 15.19 percent of the total.

The longest sentence - 27 years and three months - was handed down to former President Jair Bolsonaro, the only person to receive that term.

On Friday (24), Alexandre de Moraes finalized the enforcement of sentences for those convicted in the coup plot.

The arrests were completed after the judge ordered the enforcement of sentences for the five defendants in Nucleus 2, the last group still pending. Arrests had already been ordered for defendants in Nuclei 1, 3, and 4.

January 8

The anti-democratic attacks of January 8, 2023, marked one of the most serious episodes of violence against Brazilian institutions, as groups of protesters stormed and vandalized the headquarters of the Planalto presidential palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

Motivated by their refusal to accept the results of the 2022 presidential election, the attackers vandalized national historical and artistic heritage in an attempt to instigate a coup d’état and disrupt the democratic order.”

Since the incident, the Judiciary has been working to hold those involved accountable, from direct perpetrators to the financiers and masterminds behind the coup attempt. The investigation was conducted under the supervision of Justice Alexandre de Moraes at the Supreme Court.