Brazil’s Supreme Court has already freed more than 1,000 detainees for the January 8 attacks

Judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil Alexandre de Moraes on Monday ordered the release of 130 other people suspected of having participated in the attacks against the institutions of January 8, already in progress. more than 1,000 people have been releasedalthough they will remain under the surveillance of the authorities.

Of the 2,200 people arrested for these acts, only 392 are still in prison; most of them are men.

Meanwhile, those who have been released must wear an electronic anklet, are prohibited from leaving their homes at night, and cannot use social media or contact other inmates.

De Moraes, who is in charge of the macro-investigation, presented various crimes against the suspects, such as incitement to crime and association of criminals. Nearly a thousand of them will have to answer for these charges, while 219 will have to do so for major charges, such as Putsch attempt.

Last week, De Moraes ordered the conditional release of 149 women. According to a statement from the court, it decided to prioritize the analysis of the legal situation of women detained for acts of coup as part of the commemorations of International Women’s Day.

The released women will, however, continue to be investigated. They have already been formally charged by the prosecution with the crimes of incitement to crime and association to commit a crime, punishable by cumulative penalties of up to three and a half years in prison.

Among the requests he has analyzed in recent days, Moraes rejected the request for parole submitted by 61 women accused of more serious crimes, such as association with armed criminals, the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law and the Coup d’Etat.

According to Supreme Court statistics, of the 489 women who were arrested the day after the coup in the camp where Bolsonaro supporters were concentrating outside the army headquarters, 407 have already been released and 82 are still in jail.

The attack on the Plaza of Ministries is unprecedented in the history of Brazil. Thousands of followers of the former president Jair Bolsonaro They gathered for weeks outside the army headquarters to protest against the victory at the polls of the current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Authorities are now assessing whether former President Bolsonaro may have incited his supporters to force their way into the seat of the three powers, after months of attacking institutions, like the Supreme Court and its judges, and casting doubt on the reliability of the electoral system. Brazilian.

On January 8, a mob of radical Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed the offices of the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia in an attempted coup against Lula.

In parallel, The Federal Police have launched Operation “Lesa Patria” in search of those who “participated, financed, omitted or encouraged” the invasion of powers and who splashed the members of the Military Police.

The government of Lula da Silva wants Bolsonaro to appear in Brazilian court in coming months and is considering options to force him back into the country if he does not return voluntarily by the end of March, according to a senior adviser to the left-wing leader.

Bolsonaro, who has been vacationing in Florida since before his term ended last year, is unlikely to be arrested upon his return to Brazil, said a senior Lula official, who requested anonymity. The former president is being investigated on multiple fronts, including for allegedly inciting the attempted coup in Brasilia on January 8, but no formal charges have been brought against him.

(With information from Europa Press and EFE)

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