Filipe Martins' arrest brings the number of arrests for the coup plot to 14

With the preventive arrest of former advisor to the Presidency of the Republic Filipe Martins this Friday, the 2nd, the number of those convicted of involvement in the coup plot imprisoned in some State institution reached 14. Of the 29 convicted by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), 23 are deprived of their liberty.

Martins was arrested at his home, in Ponta Grossa (PR), where he was under house arrest, and taken to a prison in the region. The order was issued by STF minister Alexandre de Moraes. With the decision, he joins 13 other convicts who were already detained in some state facility.

Filipe Martins’ prison is maintained by the STF after custody hearing

Former advisor stated that there was no abuse in executing the warrant, but criticized the order

The prison where Filipe Martins went has a record of overcrowding and poor conditions

Martins was preventively arrested this Friday, in Ponta Grossa, by order of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF, for non-compliance with the restrictions imposed

The First Panel of the STF concluded on the 16th the trials of the coup plot with the conviction of Martins and four other defendants from the so-called “management core” of the coup plan to keep former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in power after his defeat in the 2022 elections. In total, 29 of the 34 denounced by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) were convicted between September and December.

Moraes decreed the preventive detention of Martins on the 27th. In the same decision, the STF ordered the house arrest of ten people convicted of the coup plot, with the aim of avoiding the risk of new escape attempts, such as that of the former director general of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) Silvinei Vasques. The defendants were awaiting trial in freedom, as the convictions had not yet become final.

Check out those convicted of the coup plot who are in custody in some State facility:

Core 1

Jair Bolsonaro, former president of the Republic
Walter Braga Netto, former Minister of the Civil House and Defense
Almir Garnier, former Navy commander
Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice and Public Security
Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, former Minister of Defense

Core 2

Filipe Garcia Martins Pereira, former international advisor to the Presidency of the Republic
Marcelo Costa Câmara, Army reserve colonel and former advisor to the Presidency
Mário Fernandes, Army reserve general
Silvinei Vasques, former director general of the Federal Highway Police

Core 3

Hélio Ferreira Lima, lieutenant colonel of the Army
Rafael Martins de Oliveira, lieutenant colonel of the Army
Rodrigo Bezerra de Azevedo, lieutenant colonel of the Army
Wladimir Matos Soares, Federal Police agent

Core 4

Marcelo Bormevet, Federal Police agent