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Tag: Fátima Mendonça Jacinto Souza

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Elderly woman given 17 year jail sentence in Brasilia's Jan. 8 riot trial

    The defendant said she was to take down De Moraes during the uprising. He was among the ones who voted to keep her in jail for 17 years

    Maria de Fátima Mendonça Jacinto Souza, aged 67 and better known as Fátima de Tubarão, was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for her involvement in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots at the Three Powers Square in Brasília (DF). The sentence was announced Friday after an STF virtual plenary session.