The assassination of Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old black, bisexual city councillor, in a drive-by shooting shook Brazil profoundly and reverberated around the world.
Brazil’s federal police have arrested two men for allegedly ordering the killing of a popular Rio de Janeiro councillor in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamouring for justice.The assassination of Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old city council member, in a drive-by shooting shook Brazil profoundly and reverberated around the world. She stood out as one of the few black women on the council and was also bisexual.
Ubiratan Guedes, the lawyer representing Domingos Brazão, denied the accusations against his client. “He did not know Marielle, had no connection with Marielle,” he told reporters. “At this moment we have it very clear who are the perpetrators of this hateful, heinous crime of political nature,” said the minister, who added that four other people had documents seized. Among them, he said, is a police detective who also investigated the case, Giniton Lages. Lewandowski also said the men jailed earlier would be transferred from Rio to the capital Brasilia.
Earlier, Franco’s widow, Monica Benicio, said Barbosa offered her his sympathies after the slaying, promising to be tough in his efforts to find the killers. “Why did they choose Marielle? No doubt it was because she is a black woman, they were sure they would go unpunished,” Freixo said on X, formerly Twitter. He wrote that crowds gathered a day after her murder to mourn her and those who killed her were not able to see “the greatness of what Marielle stood for”.
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