Overview
- The First Chamber unanimously convicted nine of ten defendants, mostly Army officers plus a federal police agent, and unanimously acquitted General Estevam Gaspar de Oliveira for insufficient evidence.
- Prison terms span 1 to 24 years, including Hélio Ferreira Lima (24 years), Rafael Martins de Oliveira (21), Rodrigo Bezerra de Azevedo (21), Wladimir Matos Soares (21), Bernardo Corrêa (17), Sérgio Cavaliere (17), Fabrício Moreira (16), Márcio Nunes (3), and Ronald Ferreira (1).
- Federal Police investigators concluded the targets included President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
- The court cited messages, documents, and audio describing plans to shoot Moraes and to poison Lula, including a recording of Matos declaring readiness for lethal violence.
- The convictions are part of the broader golpismo case that yielded Jair Bolsonaro’s 27‑year sentence, with several convicts linked to an elite Army unit known as the “kids pretos.”