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Court Upholds Six-Year Sentence for Man Who Placed Bomb Near Brasília Airport

The TJDFT found surveillance, confession and forensic tests proved the device was meant to detonate and the ruling leaves federal STF measures and preventive detentions in place.

O blogueiro Wellington Macedo de Souza, de 47 anos presta depoimento na Comissão Parlamentar Mista de Inquérito (CPMI) dos Atos Golpistas do dia 8 de janeiro
Wellington Souza teve seu recurso rejeitado e será julgado pelo STF em ação paralela.
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Overview

  • The 3rd Criminal Panel of the District Federal Court unanimously rejected Wellington Macedo de Souza’s appeal and maintained his six-year conviction for explosão majorada in a ruling published July 29.
  • Judges relied on security-camera footage, a co-defendant’s confession and a forensic report that said the explosive had detonation capacity but failed because its activation mechanism was assembled incorrectly.
  • Prosecutors say the device was placed on the rear axle of a tanker carrying 63,000 liters of aviation kerosene, which raised the charge to explosão majorada because of the added public-safety risk.
  • Wellington was arrested in Paraguay in September 2023, served time in closed regime, moved toward semi-open regime in December 2024 and has faced renewed preventative detention orders from STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes since June 2025.
  • The decision underscores parallel tracks in Brazil’s justice system: a state criminal conviction for an attack on public safety now coexists with federal actions that probe alleged political motives and may lead to separate STF proceedings.