Overview

• The STF’s First Panel began hearing Ação Penal 2,694 on October 14, the second group tried in the multi‑nucleus case tied to post‑election unrest.
• Seven defendants linked to military and law enforcement are charged by the PGR with attempted coup, violent abolition of the democratic order, armed criminal organization, and related offenses.
• The accused include Ailton Moraes Barros, Ângelo Denicoli, Carlos Cesar Moretzsohn Rocha, Giancarlo Rodrigues, Guilherme Almeida, Marcelo Bormevet, and Reginaldo Abreu.
• The proceedings feature a case report by relator Alexandre de Moraes, a prosecution argument by Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet, up to one hour for each defense, and votes cast in seniority order by the panel’s ministers.
• Hearings run in person on October 14, 15, 21, and 22, following convictions in the earlier Núcleo Crucial trial that included Jair Bolsonaro, with Núcleo 3 scheduled to start on November 11.