Brazil's Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, Judge Carmen Lucia, Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux, Judge Flavio Dino and Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) minister Cristiano Zanin attend a session during the final phase of the trial of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, on charges of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

By Luciana Magalhaes and Ricardo Brito

BRASILIA (Reuters) -A five-member panel of Brazil's Supreme Court formed a majority on Thursday to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of being part of an armed criminal organization.

Justice Carmen Lucia voted to convict Bolsonaro on Thursday, siding with justices Alexandre de Moraes and Flavio Dino, in the trial over an alleged coup plot. Justice Luiz Fux was the only one dissenting so far, voting to acquit the former president.

Carmen Lucia had still to vote on other charges faced by Bolsonaro, including coup attempt and seeking to violently abolish the democratic rule.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes in Brasilia; Writing by Isabel Teles and Andre Romani)