The murderers of the doctors Rio de Janeiro appeared also executedand the Brazilian police hypothesize that it was due to the fact that they confused the victim that they had to kill, in the context of a dispute between drug gangs.
Police found the lifeless bodies of four drug traffickers suspected of having participated in the shooting execution in a restaurant in Tijuca Bar and investigate which criminal group was behind the incident
The main line of research indicates that the orthopedist Perseu Ribeiro Almeida He was mistaken for the militiaman Taillon de Alcântara Pereira Barbosa.
The main hypothesis is that the three doctors, who had traveled from Saint Paul to attend an international orthopedic congress, they were killed by mistakein the middle of a territory dispute between drug gangs and paramilitary groups.
The attack occurred early Thursday morning at a beach post located on the edge of Tijuca Barin the western area of Rio, and provoked the repudiation of numerous political leaders from across the ideological spectrum, including the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
According to the images from the security cameras, a group of gunmen got out of a white vehicle, went to the table where the doctors were and fired dozens of shots at them.
One of the fatalities is Diego Ralf Bomfimbrother of the federal representative Samia Bomfim and brother-in-law of the also deputy Glauber Bragaboth militants of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL, left).
The presence of the relative of the two parliamentarians initially raised suspicions of a possible political crime, a thesis suggested by the Minister of Justice himself, Flavio Dino. However, investigators believe that the gunmen, apparently members of a criminal faction, mistook one of the doctors for a paramilitary leader.
General indignation over the crime of doctors
Given the commotion generated, the leaders of the gang to which the gunmen belonged They were executed with the intention of avoiding harassment by the authorities in their search to clarify the event, according to official sources cited by local media.
The crime, described as “barbarian”caused a great impact in a city accustomed to dealing with high rates of violence, such as Rio de Janeiro.
The world of politics expressed its unanimous condemnation and filled social networks with messages of condolences towards the legislators. Samia Bomfim and your partner Glauber Braga.
One of them was identified as Philip Motta Pereiraknown as “Lesk”, and is suspected of having been one of those responsible for starting a war in which drug traffickers and militiamen participated.
According to the local newspaper Or Globethe conflict revolves around the control of the exploitation of irregular businesses in nine communities in the West Zone of Rio.
“Lesk” appears indicated in different cases processed in the Rio Court of Justice as a member of a paramilitary group. A fugitive from justice, he was placed under preventive detention for the crime of association with drug trafficking in September 2019.
In addition to “Lesk”, he was identified Ryan Soares de Almeida. Born in Belo Horizonte, this guy was considered “Lesk’s” right-hand man. He had been arrested in December 2020 for drug trafficking, illegal possession of a firearm and corruption of minors. He left the Jorge Santana Public Prison in September 2021.
Source: Ambito
