Military officers

Marcelo Câmara

ImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAttempted violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damage (to Union property)Deterioration of heritage-listed propertyDamages: Coup plotEntering false data into an information system (art. 313-A of the Penal Code)Criminal organizationMoney launderingCriminal association (art. 288 of the Penal Code)

Retired Army colonel (according to Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, STF). Special adviser at the President's Personal Office from 2019 to the end of the Jair Bolsonaro government, appointed by ordinance of the Chief of Staff's Office; from 1/01/2023, adviser to a former President of the Republic, and in February 2023 authorized to accompany Jair Bolsonaro on a trip in the US. Convicted by the 1st Panel of the STF in AP 2693 and sentenced to 21 years; the conviction is final and unappealable.

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Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

Criminal Petition 1047831-70.2025.4.01.3400 (15th Federal Criminal Court of the Federal District) — people under investigation without special jurisdiction in the vaccination records case — Named as suspect by police
Federal Police (PF) investigation into the coup attempt after the 2022 election — Named as suspect by police
Criminal Case 2693 (coup plot — core 2) — Convicted (final, unappealable)
Coup plot · R$30,000,000
Petition 10.405 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — investigation into the entry of Covid-19 vaccination data into Ministry of Health systems (Operation Venire) — Named as suspect by police
Petition 11.645 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — investigation into suspected diversion and sale abroad of high-value gifts received from foreign authorities (jewelry case) — Named as suspect by police

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