Colonel is arrested for allegedly trying to obtain information about Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid’s denunciation agreement
The first class of the Federal Supreme Court () decided, for four votes in favor and a pendant, to maintain the arrest of the former minister. He has been detained since December last year on suspicion of involvement in a plan aimed at monitoring allegations and financing military actions against the minister. The accusations raised against him are considered serious, involving an alleged coup attempt.
Braga Netto is investigated for trying to obtain information about the Lieutenant Colonel’s denunciation agreement, and finance military personnel who would be involved in a plan to kidnap Moraes. The defense of the former minister argues that the acts attributed to him are old and do not justify the continuity of his pre-trial detention.
The rapporteur’s vote, Alexandre de Moraes, was decisive for maintaining the arrest, being accompanied by ministers Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin and Cármen Lúcia. The STF’s first class is scheduled to meet again on the 25th of this month, when it will evaluate the acceptance of the complaint against Braga Netto and seven others, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, for alleged coup attempts. Braga Netto’s defense criticized Cid’s denunciation, describing the accusations as “surrealistic” and full of nonsense.
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Posted by Fernando Dias
