Brazil's Supreme Court Enforces Final Sentences for Five in 2022 Coup Plot

Overview

• Alexandre de Moraes, who declared the cases final on Friday, ordered the start of prison terms for the five defendants in the case’s “nucleus 2.”
• Mário Fernandes got 26 years and 6 months, Silvinei Vasques 24 years and 6 months, Marcelo Câmara 21 years, Filipe Martins 21 years, and Marília Ferreira de Alencar 8 years and 6 months.
• Most were already in custody, while Marília begins with 90 days of house arrest due to recent surgery and must wear an ankle monitor.
• Prosecutors say the group drafted a coup decree, plotted to kill Lula, Geraldo Alckmin, and Moraes in a file titled “Punhal Verde e Amarelo,” tracked Moraes, and used federal highway police roadblocks to hinder Lula voters in 2022.
• With this step, the court counts 29 convictions across four groups with 20 serving in closed regime, while arrest warrants remain outstanding for Alexandre Ramagem, Carlos Cesar Moretzsohn Rocha, and Reginaldo Vieira de Abreu reported abroad.