Brazil Supreme Court monitor revocations

In mid‑July 2026, Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes began lifting electronic‑ankle‑monitor and house‑arrest restrictions for several high‑profile individuals after they demonstrated compliance with prior orders. On 16 July, the judge removed the bracelet and nightly house‑arrest for YouTuber Bismark Fugazza, transferred a protest‑related convict to a prison closer to family, and revoked the monitor for former congressional candidate Michela Batista Lacerda, citing three years of full compliance.

A ten‑day later decision on 26 July extended the same approach to former Belford Roxo mayor Márcio Canella and police sergeant Antônio Gomes da Silva Neto. Both had been under provisional liberty with ankle monitors following arrests tied to a federal investigation of alleged money‑laundering in Rio de Janeiro’s fuel‑station network. Moraes concluded the seized weapons were properly registered and that any procedural issues could be handled administratively, leading to the immediate removal of their monitoring devices and other precautionary measures.

These successive rulings illustrate a pattern of the Supreme Court easing precautionary measures for defendants who are deemed low‑risk or who have complied with earlier conditions, even as broader criminal‑investigation inquiries continue.