Filipe Martins Arrested After STF Says He Violated Social‑Media Ban

Overview

• Federal police detained the ex‑Bolsonaro adviser at his home in Ponta Grossa on Jan. 2 after Minister Alexandre de Moraes converted his house arrest into preventive custody.
• Moraes said Martins breached a ban on social networks by accessing LinkedIn to search profiles, while the defense insists any access was by lawyers for evidentiary purposes and calls the move political persecution.
• Martins was sentenced by the STF’s 1st Panel to 21 years for his role in the trama golpista, including involvement with a draft decree to overturn the 2022 result, but appeals remain pending and the new custody is not sentence execution.
• On Dec. 29, Moraes gave the defense 24 hours to explain the suspected infraction, and he signed the detention order on Dec. 31 after deeming the explanation insufficient.
• The arrest follows tightened controls after flight attempts by other convicts, and on the same day Moraes rejected a bid for Jair Bolsonaro’s domiciliary custody, underscoring the court’s hard line.