The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) kept this Tuesday (25) () in custody at the Regional Superintendency of the Federal Police of the Federal District. The former president has been there since Saturday (22), when he was preventively arrested.
The magistrate also decided that generals and former commanders convicted of the coup plot will be imprisoned in military units.
Representative Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ) fled to the United States, and the STF determined the loss of his mandate. Former aide-de-camp Mauro Cid, in an open regime, is prohibited from leaving the country and must provide weekly reports to the Court in the Federal District, among other requirements.
See the fate of those convicted in the coup plot
Moraes ordered that Bolsonaro receive full-time medical care, with permanent access from the health team, in the place where he is imprisoned.
The STF minister justified the decision to keep him on PF premises as part of Lava Jato. At the time, the court suspended a decision by the Federal Court in Curitiba and the Criminal Execution Court of São Paulo that determined Lula’s transfer to the Tremembé penitentiary, in the interior of São Paulo.
Lula had been arrested on April 7, 2018 in a special room at the PF headquarters in Curitiba. He stayed there for 580 days.
Bolsonaro’s family members claim that the former president’s diet is based on medical prescription and that he needs a special diet due to the consequences of his digestive tract surgeries. If he wishes to have a different daily diet at the PF superintendence.
The Planalto Military Command, where generals Augusto Heleno and Paulo Sérgio are located, is the only area military command headed by a 3-star general — all others are 4 stars. It is unusual for a soldier to be imprisoned in a Military Organization headed by a lower-ranking officer, but in this case this option was chosen because internally it was considered bad to be imprisoned at the Army Headquarters.
The Planalto Military Command had a recent change and is headed by General João Felipe Dias Alves.
Heleno and Paulo Sérgio’s cells are General Staff rooms. They are rooms attached to the generals’ offices. According to these reports, two officers had to be removed from their offices to make room for the new prisoners.
