Amid shouts of military intervention and rejection of the inauguration of then-President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, radical supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed and looted the capital’s headquarters of the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court (STF), and the Presidential Palace on January 8, 2013.

Those arrested for the violent actions were charged with the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’état, armed criminal association, aggravated damage, and destruction of declared heritage sites.

For those coup attempts, Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year and three-month prison sentence at the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasília.

“We will occupy the streets and the Praca dos Tres Poderes (Plaza of the Three Powers) in Brasilia at 10:30 a.m. local time, in front of the Planalto Palace (seat of the Executive Branch),” the Workers’ Party (PT) wrote on social media.

The party stated that “to remember is to resist. Never again a coup d’etat!” This was the message from the largest left-wing party in Latin America.

To date, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has convicted 810 people. According to data presented by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur for the actions, 346 of those convictions are still pending.

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