Jan. 8 Defendant Disrupts Buenos Aires Forum Hosted by Gilmar Mendes

Overview

• Media identified the protester as Symon Castro, a defendant in the January 8 cases who says he is living in Argentina.
• From the audience, he declared his innocence, said he is a refugee and has not seen his children for three years, praised Gilmar Mendes, and criticized Alexandre de Moraes.
• Security approached but allowed him to speak, and the event’s official transmission cut most of his remarks.
• He faces charges that include violent abolition of the democratic state, attempted coup, qualified damage, use of inflammable substance against Union property, and deterioration of protected heritage.
• Gilmar Mendes did not comment during the interruption, and the panel continued with banker André Esteves and former Colombian president Iván Duque.