STF Opens ‘Núcleo 2’ Coup Trial as PGR Seeks Convictions and Chamber Sets Vote on Penalty Cuts

Overview

• Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet asked the Supreme Court’s First Panel to convict all six defendants for armed criminal organization, attempted coup, violent abolition of the democratic order, qualified damage to Union property and deterioration of protected heritage.
• The indictment describes drafting a coup decree, a plan called Punhal Verde e Amarelo to kill senior authorities and surveillance to neutralize officials including Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
• Prosecutors say PRF operations and Business Intelligence mapping were used to hinder voter flows in the Northeast during the 2022 runoff, assigning key roles to Silvinei Vasques, Marília Ferreira de Alencar and Fernando de Sousa Oliveira.
• The defendants are Fernando de Sousa Oliveira, Filipe Garcia Martins Pereira, Marcelo Costa Câmara, Marília Ferreira de Alencar, Mário Fernandes and Silvinei Vasques, with additional trial sessions set for December 10, 16 and 17.
• Separately, Chamber President Hugo Motta scheduled a vote today on a sentencing-dosimetry bill that could reduce penalties in January 8 cases, with proponents saying Jair Bolsonaro’s sentence could drop by seven to eleven years.