A reserve soldier named Ailton Barrosarrested this Wednesday by the federal police in the operation on fraudulent vaccination records, He said he knew who ordered the murder of the human rights activist and community councilor of Rio de Janeiro, Marielle Franco, reported Agencia Brasil.
Investigation
In one of the conversations intercepted by investigators with judicial authorization, Barros cited the name of former Rio councilor Marcelo Siciliano, exonerating him of responsibility for Franco’s assassination and maintaining that he was the object of political persecution.
On March 14, 2018, Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes, were murdered inside the car they were driving in downtown Rio.
Two investigations were opened on this case. The first on the principals, the second on the executors. In the latter, retired military police officer Ronnie Lessa was sent to trial, accused of being one of the murderers.
Who was Marielle Franco?
Marielle Franco She was a prominent sociologist, political leader, and human rights activist from Rio de Janeiro. Much of her struggle was dedicated to defending the rights of black women in Brazil.
His social work was carried out mainly in the favelas of that city. Franco defined herself as a “feminist, black woman and daughter of the favela” and was a member of the young Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), founded in 2004.
In 2016, the activist was elected councilor in the capital of Rio de Janeiro as part of the Cambiar es Posible coalition, made up of the PSOL and the PCB, obtaining 46,000 votes.
On March 14, 2018, Marielle Franco was ambushed and killed with four shots to the head along with the driver of the car in which she was traveling, Anderson Pedro Mathias Gomes. The event shocked Brazil, then governed by Jair Bolsonaro, and the hypothesis of political crime was immediately installed.
At the time of the crime, Franco had a daughter, Luyara Santos, who was 19 years old at the time. In addition, he was in a relationship with the architect and activist Mónica Tereza Benicio.
Source: Ambito
