Heleno Begins Home Detention Under STF Order, Surrenders Passports

Overview

• STF minister Alexandre de Moraes approved humanitarian domiciliary imprisonment on Monday, citing Augusto Heleno’s age, health condition and lack of flight risk.
• Heleno left the Army’s Comando Militar do Planalto on Monday night to start serving his 21-year sentence at home, according to TV Globo.
• His defense delivered seven passports to the Federal Police on Tuesday, complying with the court’s order to surrender all travel documents.
• The decision imposes strict controls that include an ankle monitor, suspension of firearm and CAC documents, restricted visits limited to lawyers and medical staff, a ban on phone or social media use, and authorization required for non-urgent medical travel, with any breach triggering a return to the closed regime.
• Moraes ordered an additional medical exam to verify when symptoms began after a PF report confirmed early-stage mixed-etiology dementia, while the defense maintains the diagnosis was only made in 2025.