The Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet (photo), asked This Monday (15) to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) the conviction of nine defendants of core 3 of the coup plot occurred during the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
In the final allegations sent to the STF, the last phase before the trial, Gonet reiterated the complaint against the defendants, who are accused of planning “tactical actions” to make the coup plan.
THE core consists of eight army military personnel and a federal police officer. They respond to crimes of armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’état, damage qualified by violence and serious threat and deterioration of listed heritage.
In the manifestation, Gonet argued that the accusation against Lieutenant Colonel, Ronald Ferreira de Araújo Júnior, one of the defendants, is disqualified for the crime of inciting the armed forces against the constitutional powers.
With the measure, the accused may be entitled to an agreement to get rid of conviction. He currently responds to the five crimes imputed to all defendants.
The following are part of this core:
- Bernardo Romão Correa Netto (Colonel);
- Estevam Theophilo (General);
- Fabrício Moreira de Bastos (Colonel);
- Hélio Ferreira Lima (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Márcio Nunes de Resende Júnior (Colonel);
- Rafael Martins de Oliveira (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Rodrigo Bezerra de Azevedo (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Sérgio Ricardo Cavaliere de Medeiros (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Wladimir Matos Soares (Federal Police).
Next Steps
From now on, Defenses of the accused will have 15 days to send to the Supreme their final allegations to the Supreme Court.. Then Minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case, must release the process for trial.
OTHER CENTERS
So far, only core 1, formed by Former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants, he was convicted.
In addition to nucleus 3, this year will be judged the nuclei 2 and 4.
Core 5 is formed by businessman Paulo Figueiredo, grandson of former president of dictatorship João Figueiredo. He lives in the United States and has not filed a defense in the process.
