Last woman imprisoned for attempted coup in Brazil is released

Last woman imprisoned for attempted coup in Brazil is released from prison

Dirce Rogério is accused by the Attorney General’s Office of being a member of the extremist group that looted the offices of the Planalto Palace, seat of the executive branch of this capital, on the date blacked out in the country’s history.

Rogerio was held as a precautionary measure until Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on Friday conditioned her provisional release to compliance with a series of precautionary measures, starting with the use of an electronic ankle bracelet.

She still has to surrender her passport to the judiciary, she must appear weekly in a court in the southern state of Santa Catarina, and she is banned from using social networks and communicating with others under investigation for anti-democratic actions.

The President of the STF, Rosa Weber, has scheduled the first trials against prisoners of the January 8th coup attempt for September 13th and 14th.

With a report by Judge De Moraes, rapporteur of the trials arising from the investigation, the analyzes will be carried out in extraordinary sessions scheduled for the morning.

Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, former official of the Basic Sanitation Company of the State of Sao Paulo, was arrested red-handed at the National Congress by the Senate Police and will be the first defendant to face trial.

Criminal action against Thiago de Assis Mathar and Moacir José dos Santos can also be found in the Supreme Court guidelines.

They are all responsible for the operation of armed criminal organizations, the violent abolition of the democratic constitutional state and coups.

The same applies to damage caused by violence and serious threats using a combustible substance against Union assets and significant harm to the victim and deterioration of the assets destroyed.

In total, the Attorney General’s Office filed 1,390 complaints against people arrested during the anti-democratic episodes.

Of them, 1,341 became prisoners, meaning the trial moved to the next phase and includes evidence collection with statements from prosecution and defense witnesses.

As part of the plenary hearings, the ministers are now examining whether the defendants should be acquitted or convicted.

On January 1, a week after former mechanic Luiz Inácio Lula was sworn in as Brazilian president, a swarm of radical supporters of his predecessor, the far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro, invaded and loudly ransacked the National Congress, the STF and Planalto. a military intervention.

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