Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), decided to free 102 people arrested as a result of the coup acts of January 8, when the headquarters of the Three Powers were vandalized by vandals dissatisfied with the result of the presidential election.
The releases were determined in a series of orders within a process under the secrecy of Moraes’ rapporteur. Only the initials of the released persons appear in the procedural progress.
A Brazil Agency confirmed that the decisions order the immediate release of these prisoners. The minister understood that their conduct was less serious, and that is why they will be able to respond to the process from their home states.
In these cases, Moraes decided to replace pre-trial detention with other precautionary measures, such as cancellation of passport, ban on leaving home at night and on weekends, cancellation of any registration for possession or possession of weapons, ban on communicating with other investigated and weekly presentation to a judge.
According to the decisions, prisoners from Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina are allowed to return to their homes. and São Paulo.
With the decisions, about 800 of the more than 1,400 people arrested in Brasília still remain in the penitentiary system of the Federal District.
