Former president was arrested at dawn on Friday (25.abr) at Maceió airport; Moraes decreed immediate arrest for corruption in the case of BR Distribuidora
The Minister of the Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes This Friday (25.br.2025) that former President Fernando Collor, 75, begins to serve the sentence in closed regime in Maceió (AL).
He was During the dawn at the airport of the capital of Alagoas, while waiting to board for Brasilia. According to the defense, the former president to justice to comply with the prison order of the magistrate. From the airport, Collor was sent to the PF (Federal Police) Superintendence in Alagoas, where he had a custody hearing late in the morning.
During the hearing, a protocol stage of the arrest orders, Collor answered some questions from the Auxiliary Judge of the Moraes Office. He said he went through some exams and would rather serve the sentence in Alagoas.
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By determination of Moraes, Collor was sent to the Baldomero Cavalcanti de Oliveira prison. In the order, the minister also ordered that the board of the prison unit will enter 24 hours if he is able to deal with Collor’s health, since the defense filed a house arrest of the convict while awaiting the referendum of his arrest warrant. According to lawyers, the former president has Parkinson, sleep apnea and bipolar affective disorder.
Arrest order
On Thursday (24.abr), Moraes The former president’s immediate arrest after rejecting the last appeal imposed by the defense to review the dosimetry of his penalties. Collor was sentenced to 8 years and 10 months in prison for corruption in the case of BR Distribuidora.
The case was under analysis in the court’s virtual plenary until Minister Gilmar Mendes requested prominence and The judgment of the virtual plenary for the physical. The session began at 11am with the vote of Moraes and continues until 23:59, regardless of the change of sport.
Ministers can still anticipate their votes. So far, ministers Edson Fachin, Flávio Dino and Roberto Barroso have accompanied the rapporteur.
Prior to the prominent request, Minister Alexandre de Moraes voted to maintain Collor’s immediate arrest order. It was accompanied by ministers Flávio Dino, Edson Fachin and Roberto Barroso.
COURT OF Collor
Former President Fernando Collor, 75, was convicted in 2023 for corruption in a lawsuit that derived from Operation Lava Jato. He was reported in 2015 by the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) to the STF, who began a criminal action against the then senator by Alagoas. Collor left Congress in 2022, when he was not elected.
The arrest warrant is 33 years after the former executive chief suffered an impeachment process in 1992 for an influence trafficking scheme during his government, and corruption in family home reforms in Brasilia.
The complaint accused Collor of receiving a bribe of R $ 20 million to favor UTC Engenharia in contracts with BR Distribuidora (today Vibra Energia), a subsidiary of Petrobras. In addition, the former president would have influenced the nominations to the board of the fuel distributor. Payments were made from 2010 to 2014.
