Overview
- Minister Alexandre de Moraes rejected requests from senators Damares Alves and Magno Malta to visit Augusto Heleno after the defense asked the court not to authorize visits at this time.
- The defense told the court that the 79-year-old general is in a delicate health condition and that medical advice recommends he not receive visitors for now.
- Heleno has been under humanitarian house arrest since December 2025 with strict conditions set by Moraes, including electronic monitoring, surrender of passports, suspension of firearms and bans on non-legal visits and social-media or phone communications.
- Damares filed her visit request on October 28 and Malta submitted a separate request on November 4 that he described as exclusively religious; the defense thanked the senators for their solidarity while asking for the meetings to be postponed.
- The ruling shows the Supreme Court’s relator enforcing medical and security limits on contact with a high-profile coup convict and could curb in-person political outreach to imprisoned allies going forward.