The minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), determined this Thursday (30) the beginning of the sentence of the lieutenant colonel, sentenced to, in an open regime, for participating in the 2022 coup plot.
The soldier must participate in a hearing at the Supreme Court on Monday (3). Soon after, he will be authorized to remove the electronic ankle bracelet — equipment used by Cid since September 2023.
Moraes also ordered that a certificate of sentence to be served by Cid be prepared and calculate the “period in which the defendant remained provisionally detained for the purposes of criminal detention”.
The expectation of the lieutenant colonel’s defense is that he will not have to serve the sentence as he has already spent more than two years with restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court, including preventive arrests and precautionary measures.
There is, in the Supreme Court, the understanding that precautionary measures, such as wearing an ankle bracelet and prohibition of leaving your home on weekends, should not be counted in the removal of the sentence.
A compromise could be the inclusion, in the calculation of the penalty reduction, of the period in which Cid was prevented from leaving home. Restrictions were imposed on evenings, from 6pm to 6am, and on weekends. This is one of Cid’s defense claims.
Mauro Cid was detained preventively, on two occasions, for just under six months. He also spent two years with movement restrictions, monitored by the Court, but this time should not be reduced from his sentence.
As a result of his award-winning collaboration, the military will have the restitution of assets seized during the investigation, the extension of benefits to his family members and actions by the Federal Police to guarantee the safety of Cid, his wife and daughters.
Alexandre de Moraes listed seven measures that must be followed by Mauro Cid while serving his sentence.
- Prohibition of being absent from the District and home confinement at night (between 8pm and 6am) and entirely on weekends;
- Obligation to appear weekly before the Court of Criminal Executions of the Federal District, on Mondays, or subsequent business day, in case of a holiday, to inform and justify their activities;
- Prohibition of being absent from the country, maintaining the cancellation of passports issued by the Federative Republic of Brazil in the name of the person being investigated, as well as the obligation to deliver the passports to the Court of Criminal Executions of the Federal District;
- Immediate suspension of any firearms possession documents in the name of the person being investigated, as well as any Registration Certificates to carry out firearms collecting, sport shooting and hunting activities;
- Prohibition of carrying weapons;
- Prohibition of using social networks;
- Prohibition of communicating with the defendants of Criminal Actions 2,668/DF, 2,693/DF, 2,694/DF and 2,696/DF and with those investigated in Pet 12,100/DF, whatever the stage they are in, by any means of communication.
Mauro Cid is the first of those convicted of the coup plot to serve time. He was the only one who did not appeal the sentence of the First Panel of the Supreme Court, satisfied with the maintenance of his plea bargain agreement and the sentence of only two years in prison.
The other defendants were sentenced to greater sentences. Former president Jair Bolsonaor (PL), leader of the coup plot, will have to serve 27 years and three months in prison.
Cid has been making plans for his future. He hopes to obtain authorization from the Army by the beginning of 2026 to go to the paid reserve, maintaining his benefits as a soldier. He is considering moving to the United States, where one of his brothers lives.
He also evaluates his ability to teach and provide consultancy on . According to one of his interlocutors, the soldier says he has no experience in the civilian world and his future remains uncertain after the end of his case at the Supreme Court.
