Moraes Orders Preventive Detention of Filipe Martins Over Alleged Social‑Media Breach

Overview

• Federal Police detained Filipe Martins at his home in Ponta Grossa and transferred him to a local prison on an order from Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes.
• The decision replaces house arrest imposed on December 27 with preventive custody after the STF said his LinkedIn account was accessed in violation of a ban on using social networks.
• Moraes wrote that the defense itself acknowledged account access and noted that the restriction covers use by the defendant or third parties, treating the activity as noncompliance.
• The defense says Martins did not personally use LinkedIn, argues lawyers managed the accounts for evidentiary purposes, and denounces the arrest as political retaliation.
• Martins was sentenced by the STF’s First Panel to roughly 21 years in the attempted‑coup case, appeals remain pending, and recent escape attempts such as Silvinei Vasques’s were cited to justify tighter custody.