Fleury will be heard by the jury in the Carandiru Massacre case.
In addition to the governor of São Paulo at the time of the massacre, Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho, Judge Ivo de Almeida, the correctional judge at the prison in October 1992, will testify this Monday; both were summoned by the defense of the 26 military police officers who are being tried at the Barra Funda Forum.
Camila Maciel
Reporter from Agência Brasil
São Paulo – The second day of the Carandiru Massacre trial began at 9:50 am this Tuesday (16), with the testimony of Judge Ivo de Almeida. He was the correctional judge of the prison in October 1992, when the police invasion occurred to contain the rebellion in Pavilion 9 of the Carandiru Detention House. Also to be heard today is the governor at the time, Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho, who is already in court. They were summoned by the defense of the 26 military police officers who have been on trial since yesterday at the Barra Funda Forum.
Another defense witness to testify today will be Pedro Franco de Campos, who was head of the Public Security Secretariat. The action, which took place on October 2, 1992, resulted in the deaths of 111 inmates. The correctional judges of the prison at the time of the massacre, Fernando Antonio Torres Garcia and Luiz Antonio San Juan França, were also summoned by defense attorney Ieda Ribeiro de Souza. They monitored the negotiations before the military police entered Carandiru.
Yesterday, five prosecution witnesses were heard. Three of them were inmates who survived the police action at Carandiru. The director of the Security and Discipline Division of the Carandiru Detention Center, Moacir Santos, also testified, in which he reported that the police arrived already "machine-gunning" to contain the rebellion.
The last to testify was forensic expert Osvaldo Negrini Neto. He stated that the lack of traces of projectiles and empty casings showed that the massacre scene had been altered or tampered with. The prosecution, which intended to hear 14 witnesses, refrained from hearing the others.
Due to the large number of defendants involved, the Carandiru Massacre trial is being conducted in stages. This first stage is expected to last between one and two weeks. The 26 defendants currently on trial are accused of 15 deaths that occurred on the second floor of Pavilion 9.
Editing: Denise Griesinger