Another 250 charged over Jan. 8 pro-coup acts
The Federal Supreme Court voted 8-2 to add an additional 250 defendants to the list of individuals implicated in the January 8 pro-coup acts. This decision brings the total number of accusations presented by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) to 1.3 thousand, of which the Court has received 550.Following the Federal Supreme Court's decision, the newly-added 250 individuals will now be required to answer to criminal charges and become defendants in the legal process. The accusations against them include crimes such as armed criminal association, violent subversion of the democratic rule of law, coup d'état, aggravated damage, and incitement to crime.
Brasília, Jan. 8, 2023 – Pro-coup rioters invaded and ransacked the National Congress, the Planalto president...


