The Superior Military Court (STM) will begin hearings regarding the loss of positions and ranks in the first week of February.

In this new year, after January 8th, the issue of convictions for the attempted coup d'état by former President Jair Bolsonaro and his main collaborators will come into focus in the first week of February. During this period, the Attorney General of Military Justice, Dr. Clauro De Bortolli, is expected to submit to the Superior Military Court (STM) the petitions requesting the loss of ranks and commissions of all generals and other officers tried and convicted to sentences exceeding two years for the conspiracy. The defendants were sentenced on September 11, 2025, by the First Panel of the Supreme Federal Court (STF). Once presented to the STM, Minister Maria Elizabeth Rocha must authorize the selection process to appoint the rapporteurs for these cases.

In proposing the penalties, the rapporteur for the case, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, said that the sanction should be applied to the extent necessary to prevent future coup attempts. "The disapproval and prevention, based on the sentencing guidelines, should aim to discourage attempts to obstruct the maintenance of democratic normality in the country and dispel the idea that it is easy to break the rule of law in order to perpetuate oneself in power, regardless of the popular will and respect for free and periodic elections," he stated.

Each of the convicted generals and officers will be subject to the process of losing their position and rank. The ministers of the Superior Military Court (STM) who will judge them must have ranks equal to or higher than the officer being judged. Several of them, at another time, were led by the generals who will judge them, which will cause them some embarrassment, but that is what the law dictates.

The following officers will be subject to loss of rank and position:

Jair Bolsonaro, former President of the Republic: 27 years and three months of imprisonment in a closed regime and 124 day-fines (each day-fine equivalent to two minimum wages at the time of the events).

Walter Braga Netto, retired general, former Minister of the Civil House and of Defense: 26 years of imprisonment in a closed regime and a fine of 100 days (each day-fine equivalent to one minimum wage at the time of the events).

Mauro Cid's sentence was set unanimously. The others were determined by a majority of four votes. Minister Luiz Fux proposed a lesser sentence for Braga Netto and abstained from voting on the sentencing for the others, as he had voted for acquittal.

Almir Garnier, admiral and former commander of the Navy: 24 years of imprisonment in a closed regime and a fine of 100 days (each day-fine equivalent to one minimum wage at the time of the events).

Augusto Heleno, a retired general and former head of the Institutional Security Office (GSI): 21 years of imprisonment in a closed regime and 84 day-fines (each day-fine equivalent to one minimum wage at the time of the events). After the conviction, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at age 78, his defense filed a request for house arrest, granted by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, provided he was monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet.

Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, retired general and former Minister of Defense: 19 years of imprisonment in a closed regime and 84 day-fines (each day-fine equivalent to one minimum wage at the time of the events).

Mauro Cid (defendant-collaborator), lieutenant colonel and former aide-de-camp to Jair Bolsonaro: Two years of imprisonment in an open regime; restitution of his assets and valuables; extension of collaboration benefits to his father, wife, and adult daughter; and actions by the Federal Police to guarantee the safety of the collaborator and his family. The sentence was established in his plea bargain agreement.

Mauro Cid's sentence was set unanimously. The others were determined by a majority of four votes. Minister Luiz Fux proposed a lesser sentence for Braga Netto and abstained from voting on the sentencing for the others, as he had voted for acquittal.

In the case of Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, his superiors may still choose to judge him before a Justification Council. In this case, not for loss of rank and commission – which could happen if he is found guilty – but for “unworthiness for the officer corps.” However, this will depend on the initiative of the Army commander, General Tomás Paiva, who, judging by his actions with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to send General Augusto Heleno home and work for the acquittal of General Estevam Theophilo – who conspired on the same level as Admiral Garnier, but belongs to a family with a tradition in the Army since the Empire – was acquitted. In other words, the chances of Mauro Cid being judged by a Justification Council are remote.