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Brazil's Supreme Court Opens Trial of Six in 'Nucleus 2' Coup Plot Case

Prosecutors say the group engineered a coup blueprint, a violent plan and election‑day police operations to undermine the 2022 vote.

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Overview

  • The First Panel, led by rapporteur Alexandre de Moraes with ministers Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin and Cármen Lúcia, is holding an in‑person hearing in Brasília.
  • The accused — Filipe Martins, Marcelo Câmara, Silvinei Vasques, Mário Fernandes, Marília de Alencar and Fernando de Sousa Oliveira — face charges including armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic state, attempted coup, qualified damage and deterioration of protected property.
  • According to the PGR, evidence links the defendants to the draft 'minuta do golpe,' the 'Punhal Verde Amarelo' plan and PRF operations alleged to have impeded Northeast voters in the 2022 runoff.
  • A defense request to include former panel member Luiz Fux in the case was rejected by Moraes, who called it a mere delaying tactic.
  • The session is set to continue on December 10, 16 and 17, and a defense lawyer was removed from the lectern on Dino’s order, according to a press report from the courtroom.