Coup plot
Moraes orders enforcement of sentences for last coup plot nucleus
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Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered on Friday, April 24, 2026, the definitive enforcement of sentences for five convicts in Nucleus 2 of the coup plot linked to Jair Bolsonaro's government. The convictions, issued in December 2025, became final after no further appeals were possible. The defendants, mostly already in preventive detention, now serve sentences ranging from 8 to 26 years and six months.
Silvinei Vasques, former Federal Highway Police director sentenced to over 24 years in prison for the 2022 coup plot, was transferred to Papudinha prison in Brasília after his arrest in Paraguay during a failed flight attempt to El Salvador using a fake passport. Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes ordered house arrests for 10 other defendants to curb similar escapes.