It states that General Walter Braga Netto, vice-president of () in 2022, participated in two groups of activities of the group suspected of the coup plot.
According to investigations, the Army reserve soldier would have participated in the “Nucleus of Disinformation and Attacks on the Electoral System” and the “Nucleus of High Ranking Officers with Influence and Support for Other Nuclei”.
The description of these groups, the members, including the former adjutant Mauro Cid, and the way in which each one acts are described in a decision this Wednesday (26) by the minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), which raised the confidentiality of the investigation.
See the groups:
Disinformation and Attacks on the Electoral System Center
Mauro Cesar Barbosa Cid, Anderson Torres, Angelo Martins Denicoli, Fernando Cerimedo, Eder Lindsay Magalhães Balbino, Hélio Ferreira Lima, Guilherme Marques Almeida, Sergio Ricardo Cavaliere de Medeiros and Tércio Arnaud Tomaz.
Form of action: production, dissemination and amplification of false news regarding the fairness of the 2022 presidential elections with the purpose of encouraging followers to remain in front of barracks and installations of the Armed Forces, with the aim of creating an environment conducive to the Coup d’Etat, as per exposed in the topic “Measures to Discredit the Electoral Process” contained in this representation.
Unit Responsible for Inciting Military Personnel to Join the Coup d’Etat
Walter Souza Braga Netto, Paulo Renato de Oliveira Figueiredo Filho, Ailton Gonçalves Moraes Barros, Bernardo Romão Correa Neto and Mauro Cesar Barbosa Cid.
Form of action: election of targets to amplify personal attacks against military personnel in command positions who resisted the investigated coup plotters. The attacks were carried out through dissemination across multiple channels and through influencers in positions of authority before the military “audience”.
Legal Center
Filipe Garcia Martins Pereira, Anderson Gustavo Torres, Amauri Feres Saad, Jose Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva and Mauro Cesar Barbosa Cid.
Form of action: advice and preparation of draft decrees with legal and doctrinal grounds that meet the coup interests of the group under investigation.
Operational Center to Support Coup Actions
Sergio Ricardo Cavaliere de Medeiros, Bernardo Romão Correa Neto, Hélio Ferreira Lima, Rafael Martins de Oliveira, Alex de Araújo Rodrigues and Cleverson Ney Magalhães.
Form of action: based on coordination and dialogue with President Jair Bolsonaro’s then Aide-de-Orden, Mauro Cesar Cid, they worked in planning meetings and carried out measures to maintain the demonstrations in front of the military barracks, including mobilization, logistics and financing of special forces soldiers in Brasília.
Parallel Intelligence Core
Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira, Marcelo Costa Câmara and Mauro Cesar Barbosa Cid.
Form of action: collection of data and information that could assist the decision-making of the then President of the Republic Jair Bolsonaro in the consummation of the Coup d’Etat. Monitoring the itinerary, movement and location of Minister of the Federal Supreme Court Alexandre de Moraes and possible other authorities of the Republic with the aim of capture and detention upon signing of the Coup d’Etat decree.
Nucleus of High Ranking Officers with Influence and Support to Other Nuclei
Walter Souza Braga Netto, Almir Garnier Santos, Mario Fernandes, Estevam Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira, Laércio Vergílio and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira.
Form of action: using the high military rank they held, they acted to influence and incite support for other action groups through the endorsement of actions and measures to be adopted to consummate the Coup d’Etat.
