Both were convicted of attempted coup d’état, in the same process that sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison
Generals Augusto Heleno and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira were arrested this Tuesday (25). They were sent to the Planalto Military Command. Heleno commanded the Institutional Security Office (GSI) during the Bolsonaro government. Paulo Sérgio was Minister of Defense, also under the captain’s government. In a statement, the Army confirmed that the generals were taken to the CMP headquarters in Brasília.
The two were convicted of attempted coup d’état, in the same process that sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison. Heleno was sentenced to 21 years, while Nogueira received 19 years.
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