Coup plot: see what was the penalty and the fine for each of the eight convicts

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Convictions include not only prison penalties, but also political, financial and administrative sanctions; Former President Jair Bolsonaro was the accused who had the greatest feeling

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DF – Bolsonaro/STF/Judgment/Residence/Ace – Politics – Former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro made an appearance of about 20 minutes on Thursday, September 11, 2025, in the backyard of the house where he meets house arrest in Brasilia (DF). The first class of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) can form a majority today to condemn it in the action that investigates attempted coup. Bolsonaro avoided answering questions about Minister Luiz Fux, who yesterday voted to acquit him. 11/09/2025

The first class of defined on Thursday (11) the penalties for the former president (PL) and seven other defendants accused of involvement in the so-called coup plot, which tried to prevent the inauguration of (PT) in 2023. The convictions include not only prison penalties, but also political, financial and administrative sanctions. The main punishments imposed are:

  • Prison: All defendants received imprisonment sentences, with variation according to the degree of participation in the scheme.
  • Collective fine: The convicts must pay, together, R $ 30 million as compensation for collective moral damages.
  • Loss of positions: Anderson Torres and Alexandre Ramagem lost their positions of Federal Police delegate. Ramagem will also have the mandate of federal deputy revoked, as he was sentenced to closed regime for a period exceeding 120 days – maximum limit of absences expected for parliamentarians.
  • Armed Forces: The Supreme Court has determined that, after the final judgment, the Superior Military Court (STM) be announced to evaluate the declaration of unworthiness to Bolsonaro Officer, Augusto Heleno, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, Braga Netto and Almir Garnier. The measure can result in the loss of military posts and patents.

The decisions followed the vote of the rapporteur, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who highlighted the coordinated character of the actions to try to make presidential possession unfeasible. Most ministers accompanied Moraes, individually analyzing the conduct of each accused. With the definition of the penalties, the defendants start to respond to a set of sanctions that goes beyond prison, also reaching their political and military careers, as well as imposing high financial cost.

Check out the penalty of each of the eight defendants:

Jair Bolsonaro

  • Criminal organization: 7 years and 7 months
  • Violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: 6 years and 6 months
  • Stop of state: 8 years and 2 months
  • Qualified damage: 2 years and 6 months
  • DECLARED OF HERITAGE: 2 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
  • Total: 27 years and 3 months in prison + 124 fine days (each equivalent to 2 minimum wages)
  • Initial regime: closed

Walter Braga Netto

  • Criminal organization: 6 years
  • Violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: 6 years and 6 months
  • STEEL: 8 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
  • Qualified damage: 2 years and 6 months
  • DECLARED OF HERITAGE: 2 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
  • Total: 26 years in prison (24 years of imprisonment) + 100 days-fine
  • Initial regime: closed

Almir Garnier

  • Criminal organization: 5 years
  • Violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: 6 years
  • STEEL: 8 YEARS
  • Qualified damage: 2 years and 6 months
  • DECLARED OF HERITAGE: 2 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
  • Total: 24 years in prison (21 years and 6 months imprisonment) + 100 days-fine
  • Initial regime: closed

Anderson Torres

  • Criminal organization: 5 years
  • Violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: 6 years
  • STEEL: 8 YEARS
  • Qualified damage: 2 years and 6 months
  • DECLARED OF HERITAGE: 2 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
  • Total: 24 years in prison (21 years and 6 months imprisonment, 2 years and 6 months of detention) + 100 days-fine
  • Initial regime: closed

Augusto Heleno

  • Criminal organization: 4 years and 5 months
  • Violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: 4 years and 9 months
  • STEEL: 5 YEARS
  • Qualified Damage: 2 years and 1 month
  • DECLARED OF HERITAGE: 2 YEARS AND 1 MONTH
  • Total: 18 years and 8 months imprisonment + 84 days-fine
  • Initial regime: closed

Paulo Sérgio Nogueira

  • Criminal organization: 4 years and 5 months
  • Violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: 5 years
  • STEEL: 4 YEARS
  • Qualified Damage: 2 years and 1 month
  • DECLARED OF HERITAGE: 2 YEARS AND 1 MONTH
  • Total: 19 years in prison + 84 days-fine
  • Initial regime: closed

Alexandre Ramagem

  • Criminal organization: 5 years
  • Violent Abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: 4 years, 3 months and 15 days
  • STEEL: 7 YEARS
  • Total: 16 years, 1 month and 15 days in prison + 50 fine days (each equivalent to 1 minimum wage)
  • Initial regime: closed

Mauro Cid

  • Total: single sentence of up to 2 years in prison in open regime, due to the award -winning collaboration agreement.
  • There is no fine forecast.
  • Benefits: refund of goods, extension of family guarantees and PF security measures.

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